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Dude, I’m gettin’ a Dell! Actually, I done got one. I just always wanted to say that and never could. I was in a meeting in the Bay Area recently and somebody had a real purdy Dell laptop. So I thought to myself, “Well, I don’t really need another computer, but that one sure is purdy, and I’d be helping the local Austin economy if I bought one.” So, I did, via the Dell Outlet site. It was real easy. And then I got the call from Citicard about a fraud alert. A fraud. With my credit card? Mon dieu! I panicked... [More]

For the day three podcast, we didn't make it to a bar, and we didn't even make it out of the building. But, we did make it to see Kathy Sierra speak, always an uplifting and joyous occasion. Check out the dynamic trio of Scott, David and myself as we approach the SouthBy finish line. LISTEN

developerWorks blogger and podcast guru Scott Laningham, David Salinas (also of developerWorks), and I regrouped at a favorite downtown Austin pub, B.D. Riley's, for a Turbo Tweetup to decompress and discuss the long second full day of SXSW. Despite some initial jokes about finding a quiet place to record the recap (the men's room, for example), we quickly got down to business amidst the celebratory Irish din building up to tomorrow's St. Patrick's Day celebration. You can check out our twenty minute podcast wrap below. LISTEN

When I showed up Thursday night at the Austin Convention Center to get my badge, I was expecting the Russian bread lines to be nowhere in sight, figuring the downturn had sent the digerati fleeing for the interactive exits. Fortunately for me and my crowd, I was able to get my badge in record time, but the Russian bread lines formed quickly and organically, and before you know, there was a line snaking around the Austin Convention Center. Recession? What recession? In the interactive industry? Nonsense. Of course, the latest Web 2.0 thangs... [More]

Scott just posted the SXSW 2009 first-day "wrap" that we recorded between afternoon sessions and on the run on Saturday. We talked SXSW housekeeping, social media and the man, the deconstructing ecosystem of news, and much more. Check it out. LISTEN

I had occasion to visit Google's new offices here in downtown Austin yesterday. I was getting debriefed on some very interesting search research conducted by Google in partnership with TechTarget. Nobody told me there was such a thing as a Google office in Austin. Rumors had abounded for months, but I believed they were just that. But, I was there yesterday, and it does exist. And if it's not really a Google office, it sure looks like one. I might as well have been in a remote wing of Google Mountain View or NYC. However, there was no... [More]

I knew the political circus had made its way to Austin when I turned on CNN's "This American Morning" earlier today and there sat former Texas gubernatorial candidate, Kinky Friedman, being interviewed by John Roberts. Texas is a big state, in case you've never been here. There are a vast and huge variety of former intelligent, thoughtful, and respected politicos -- candidates, campaign operators, former leaders from both parties, former government officials -- that they could have invited in for a TV sitdown. They chose to interview Kinky.... [More]

Dell's Ubuntu 7.04 Linux preload machines have arrived in an assortment of flavors, and just in time for Novell to announce that it will share more details about its patent pact with Microsoft in a forthcoming SEC filing. Trying to balance out the innanity of watching the "American Idol" finale last night (although I really dug Tony, Smokey, and Gladys' guest appearances), I read Fortune's article "Microsoft Takes on the Free World" as a way to feed my FOSS head, but between the coupons and the GPL, Ryan, Simon, Jordin and the gang ultimately... [More]

I was still trying to put Tony Romo's dropped hold for the field goal that would have taken the Dallas Cowboys forward from NFL Wild Card Saturday's playoff round, when I awoke today to find that the only dead birds coming out of this weekend could be found here in downtown Austin. The Austin-American Statesman blog led with this story about the city closing Cesar Chavez to 11th Street overnight (and, apparently, now on up to the Texas Capitol) because of a dozen dead birds having been found in the downtown Austin area. I tell ya, it's a little... [More]